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                                                 7:30AM - 8:00AM  

Recommended Hotel:        TBA

Directions:                            Please use www.mapquest.com 

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This two day course covers some of the most common types of crashes that patrol officers and reconstructionists are assigned to investigate.  Utility pole strikes and rollovers usually involve speed, but sometimes determining that speed is a difficult challenge because there is little physical evidence prior to impact.  Rollovers as well may leave little evidence of the actual speed and many times, the identification of the operator and other occupants may produce its own special type of challenges for the investigator. 

This course, if time permits, covers all three issues, however, determining speed, through the usage of formulas, will take precedent over the occupant ID portion of this course so that attendees can conduct a comprehensive investigation when they leave the class as it relates to utility pole strikes and rollovers.

Entry Level Standards:

This course is open to any individual that has completed SRR's Crash Reconstruction Course or it's equivalence.  Individuals with a strong mathematical background and have completed SRR's Advanced Crash Investigation or it's equivalence, may attend, but may or may not at times be challenged with pole strike formulas.

Tools Required:

• Scientific Calculator (Required)

Workshop Content:

          Utility Pole Strikes

• Information about and from Poles
• Momentum
• Crash Characteristics
• Collision Speed Estimates from Vehicle Crush
• Estimating Pole Fracture Energy
• Crash Tests
• Speed Determination Using Pole Strike Formulas

           Rollovers

• General Rollover Dynamics
• Recognizing and Interpretation of Roadway and Vehicle Evidence
• Techniques and Equations to Develop Minimum Speed Estimates
• Speed Determination Using Rollover Formulas

           Occupant ID

• Investigative Plan
• Comparative Analysis Method
• General and Forensic Investigation
• Examination of Occupants Clothing and Vehicle
• Correlation of Evidence
• Laboratory Analysis
• Measurements
• Non Frontal Collision Configurations
• Case Study

This course has been approved for 6 ACTAR CEUs